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ellipticis, circiter 25 cm longis, chartaceis, obtusis vel obtuse 

 acuminatis, nervis utrinque circiter 16; paniculis diffusis, laxis, 

 foliis subaequantibus, multifloris, ramis inferioribus usque ad 

 30 cm longis; floribus racemose dispositis, 5-meris, calycis lobis 

 orbicularibus, petalis obovato-ellipticis, 1.4 mm longis, tubo sta- 

 mineo libero. 



A small tree, the branchlets and inflorescences densely covered 

 with closely appressed brown or castaneous scales with similar 

 scattered ones on the lower surface of the leaflets. Leaves al- 

 ternate, about 60 cm long, 7-foliolate; leaflets alternate or the 

 upper pair opposite, chartaceous, rather pale when dry, oblong- 

 elliptic, somewhat inequilateral, about 25 cm long, 9 to 11 cm 

 wide, the apex obtuse or somewhat obtusely acuminate, base 

 usually rounded on one side and acute on the other; lateral 

 nerves about 16 on each side of the midrib, prominent; petiolules 

 1.5 to 2.5 cm long. Panicles diffuse, about 50 cm long, the 

 branches spreading, the lower ones up to 30 cm in length, many 

 flowered, the flowers laxly and racemosely arranged on the ulti- 

 mate branchlets, their pedicels 1 to 2 mm long. Flowers white, 

 5-merous. Calyx-lobes orbicular, rounded, 0.5 mm in diameter. 

 Petals elliptic-obovate to broadly elliptic, 1.4 mm long. Sta- 

 minal-tube turbinate, glabrous, about 1 mm long, crenulate, the 

 crenulations minutely puberulent, free, glabrous. Anthers 5, 

 inserted below the rim of the tube, about 0.5 mm long, their tips 

 minutely exserted. 



Panay, Capiz Province, Jamindan, Bur. ScL 31098 Ramos & 

 Edafio, May 16, 1918, in damp forests. 



This species is allied to Aglaia pallida Merr., from which it 

 is distinguished by its larger leaflets, the lepidote indumentum 

 not being at all stellate, and by its very much longer petiolules. 



ANACARDIACEAE 



SEMECARPUS Linnaeus f. 

 SEMECARPUS SUBSESSILIFOLIA sp. nov. 



Species S. gigantifoliae affinis, differt inflorescentiis terminal- 

 ibus, inflorescentiis hypocarpiisque cinereo-pubescens. Frutex 

 vel arbor parva, simplex; foliis oblongo-oblanceolatis, usque ad 

 50 cm longis et 16 latis, acuminatis, deorsum longe angustatis, 

 basi rotundatis vel obtusis, nervis utrinque 30 ad 35, perspicuis ; 

 paniculis circiter 20 cm longis ; fructibus oblongis, circiter 1 cm 

 longis. 



A shrub or a small unbranched tree, glabrous except the in- 

 florescences. Leaves oblong-oblanceolate, about 50 cm long, 12 

 to 16 cm wide, firmly chartaceous, shining, the upper surface 



